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department. Initiate only will be published with each question and its
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Address ail correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law. 23
„Woodbine Ave., Toronto.
E. h.:-1. A wrist -match with an it
luminated face, a pocket flashlight,
pocket drinking cup or a solidifie
alcohol burner are useful gifts for
man who has left fora military train
tag camp, 2s To disinfect a Toonr.
thoroughly proceed as follows; If,pos
sible, 'nati:resees and comforts should
be burned, `Wet everything else wel
with a bichloride solution, bail and sui
the blankets. Scrape the walls and
ceiling, wash with bichloride, also the
floor and woodwork, then scour witl
carbolic soapsuds, Fill cracks with
fresh putty, shut the doors and win
dews tight and paste strips of papar
around them. Closet doors should be
taken off the hinges, but left inside.
Place three bricks in the middle of the
floor, put an iron pan on them, into
which a pound of flowers of sulphur
has been placed, wet the sulphur with
alcohol, stick in a short length of fuse,
light it, then go out quickly, being
careful to see that the door is also
made tight. Leave undisturbed for
twenty-four hours. The fumes will
bleach any colors in the room. Dishes
may be disinfected by boiling for 5
minutes.
H.R.:-1. Bureau drawers which
stick can be made to slide easily by
first rubbing over the edges with
sandpaper, then soaping them. 2.
A garment that has had an overdose
of bluing may be whitened by boiling.
3. Brown sugar can be substituted for
white in pickling. 4. Try benzine to
remove the tar stains from your silk
dress. 5. To make oatmeal gems,
soak one cup oatmeal over night in
one cup water. In the mcrning sift
together one cup flour and two tea-
spoonfuls baking powder; add a lit-
tle salt. Mix meal and flour togeth-
er, wet with sweet milk to a stiff bat-
ter, drop in gem pans and bake im-
mediately. 6. It is said that before
eating is a good time to sleep, but not
immediately afaftera meal. 7. Yes,
raw tomatoes are good for almost'
everybody w10 does not have ulcer
of the stomach so that the use of the
tomatoes gives him pain. If they do
not cause pain one need not be afraid
to eat them. 8. The diet of a child of
two years should consist of fruits,
grains, a moderate allowance of pure
cream and cow's milk and vegetable
purees. Purees of spinach and other
"greens" are particularly good.
Eva: -1. It is said that freckles can
be bleached out by applying the follow-
ing mixture to the face, being care-
ful to keep it away from tie eyes:
Two ounces of buttermilk or sour milk,
two drams grated horseradish, six
drams cornmeal. Spread the mixture
between thin muslin and allow it to lie
on the face at night. 2. The follow-
ing method of cleaning black satin is
given by some authorities: Boil three
pounds of potatoes to a pulp in one
quart of water, strain through a sieve
and brush the satin with it on a board
or table. The material must not be
i
- Wrung, but folded down in cloths for
a three hours, then pressed on the wrong
d side.
a Reader: -1. Bavaria is the largest
- state in the, German Empire after
Prussia. 2 "Simi Fein" is. Gaelic.
- for "For Ourselves". 3. Inflamed eye
lids should be bathed several times a
1 day with a solution of half a teaspoon -
1 ful of boracic acid in a cup of hot wa-
ter. 4. To test nutmegs, prick them
with a needle; if they are good, the
1 oil will spread around the puncture.
5. "Neither he nor I were there"
- should be "neither he nor ,I was there."
6. The 400th anniversary of the Re-
' formation will be celebrated October
31.
Cook: -Perhaps the following notes
may be of assistance; Salads and
vegetables neutralize usual tendency
of the body toward acidity, facilitate
the elimination of waste products and
poisons, and thus incidentally post-
pone the coming of old age. Salads
cool and purify blood and freshen
complexion, give jaws and teeth ex-
ercise necessary to development with-
out which latter decay, facilitate
digestion by encouraging mastication,
promote oral hygiene by leaving
mouth and teeth physiologically clean
at end of meal, counteract tendency to
anaemia, scurvy, gout, rheumatism,
are rich in line, so necessary to bone
building; also valuable`iaxative. Green
vegetables are particularly valuable
in cases of anaemia and of other dis-
eases which are ascribed to diet de-
ficiencies.
Vegetables are deteriorated by the
loss of their salts in boiling water.
Not only do potatoes lose much when
peeled, but carrots, as usually cooked,
lose nearly 30 per cent. of their total
food material when eu't into small
pieces. Cabbage thus treated loses
about one-third of its total food ma-
terials, especially its ash or mineral
matter. On the average 30 per cent.
of the total salts is extracted when
vegetables are boiled in water for
thirty minutes. When, on the con-
trary, they are steamed they lose only
10 per cent. Ilence vegetables
should be either steamed or stewed in
a casserole or covered earthenware
vessel, so popular in France. If boil-
ed the water should be saved for soup
or sauces.
Beetroots, carrots and parsnips con-
tain a large amount of sugar, and
when served at a meal there is less
of a desire for excessively sweet des-
serts. Cabbage, as usually cooked, is
not digested for some five hours, but
eaten uncooked in salad it takes less.
than three.
Salads, like vegetables and fruits,
have little body-building and tissue re-
pairing material, hence require to be
supplemented by foods rich in these.
and in fat, such as eggs, meat, cheese
(grated by choice or the cottage varie-
ty) and nuts.
Cheaper Poultry Feed.
Onaccount of the scarcity and high
price of feed the poultry industry of
this country is threatened by the
prospect of the :wholesale slaughter
of laying stock and a serious falling
off in the number of pullets to be ma-
tured.
The necessity for retaining for mill-
ing every possible bushel of wheat
suitable for that purpose need not be
emphasized. To provide poultrymen
with feed for rearing their young
stock without unnecessarily lowering
the supplies of milling wheat, the
federal Department of Agriculture has
requested millers throughout Canada
to put an the market the cracked and
shrunken wheat removed from grain
before it is milled
In addition to small and broken
wheat these cleanings consist chiefly,
of the seeds of wild buckwheat, a near
relative of the cultivated buckwheat.
The Poultry Division of the Central
Experimental Farm has used wild
buckwheat in feeding experiments and
reports it to be a highly satisfactory
poultry feed and has ordered two cars
of buckwheat screenings for the Cen-
tral and Branch Experimental. Farms
from the Canadian Government eleva-
tors at Fort William. Fowls used to
good grain do not take to it at first
but when they become accustomed to
it they eat it readily and do well on
it.
The mill cleanings from local flour
mills also contain traces of many
other weed seeds, including several
kinds of mustards. These, however,
would not as a rule amount to more
than two or three per cent. of the
cleanings in the case of the standard
grades of Western wheat. This ma-
terial is specially recommended for
backyard, suburban and professional
poultrymen. On farms the cleanings
from yards and poultry houses where
it has been fed would have to be dis-
posed of so as not to disseminate noxi-
ous weeds in grain fields.
Those interested in obtaining this
class of feed should immediately ar-
range with local mills or feed dealers
for a supply. The mills cannot be
expected to keep this material for poul-
try unless it is demanded for that
purpose and that rests with the poul-
trymen themselves:'
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AUGUST 19.
Lesson VIII. Finding The Book of`
The Law -2 Chron, 34. 14-33.
Golden Text.•-Psa. 119. 16.
Verses 1.4-18. Finding of the law in
the course of the repairs described in
e precedingverses. look of the law
,--Deuteronomy, though in somewhat
riefer form than we now have it.
ost ar seho
1 s believe that it
a contain-
ed what is now Deut.'l to 25, or 12 to
26, plus chapter 28. (For a fuller
$lacus
cion, see F. Cl. Eiselen, Tho
Books of the Pentateuch, Chapter
XII.)
19. Rent his clothes -A symbolof
griefgor: horror. Verse 21 shows
that thebook'
contie
dined t' .a
his o
terrible punishment for disobedience,
'Which made a profound impression on
the king. Such threats are found in
Dent. 28.
20-28. Full of fear and terror, the
king makes inquiry of Jehovah
through the prophetess Huldah. She
reports that the book contains the law
of Jehov'ch, and that the people must
suffer the consequences of their sins.
She promises, however, that the
calamities will not fall during the
lifetime of Josiah.
29-32. The assembly and the cov-
enant. On receipt of the . reply of
the prophetess the king called a re-
ligious assembly. Elders -The lead-
ing men, heads of families and clad.
Levites-According to the Chronicler,
no important function could be held
without Levites. Covenant -The
basis was the newly found book,
hence it is called the book of the cove-
pant. The agreement included the
promise to observe the law, Before
Jehovah-Everythinth>was done as in
se iht
gg
g, of Joh ovate Stand to A-
te o willing to observe the law..
33. Abominations -The things de-
scribed in verses 3.7. Israel -Josiah
osrah
extended the reforms to the territory
which had formerl be
ion ed
y to Israel. ga1
His days -The Chronicler knew that
after Josiah's death, under Jehoiakim
the old abuses returned. '
recommended for summer feeding.
Thz•ce liurid eel pounds wheat bren, two
hundred pounds gluten feed, one hun-
dredSteers which ha�'e been kept en roitt ound.. Mixed�whpat� feedlzna or
low plane of nutrition (maintenance) y
fora considerable time make more; be used in place of wheat bran: More
economical gales when .put inion a birratio lutenrrght henEl1 be dded to are tri eeuily
full -feed ration than steers which have iu,atched,
been upon full feed for some time.
Howe ser, steers receiving more than
a maintenance but less than a full -feed
ration make no more economical gains
when put upon full feed than steers.
which have already been on full feed
Earning !Money' .at home.
Very often a girl who has been
wishing for some way in which to
Whenever beef advances in price earn a little money suddenly finds a
a demand goes out for' action that goo( c ea c ose a an n comely drs-
will stop the slaughter of young ani- gorse; Not long ago one girl moult`
mals. Since the reason always given
for high-priced meats is the decreas-
ing number of beef animals, it would
seem the wise thing to bring more
beeves to 'maturity. Ancl so legisla-
tures and congress debate the advis-
ability of prohibiting the killing of
calves under a given' age.
Would such action bring the desired
results? Would the passing of veal
from our tables make meat any -
cheaper? Would an order to the
farmer to mature his calves stimu-
late him to raise beef or would it re-
sult in his selling off his dairy. ♦ or
feeding fewer animals than ever?
In all probability the latter is ex-
actly what would happen. The milk
business and raising calves are in-
compatible. The milk that calves' use
is also needed by milk consumers,
many of whom are babies. And so
the calves must go. There is an-
other reason why the farmer knows
better what to do with his young
animals than the public, or even the
legislator.•
It takes pasture and feed to ma-
ture beef, Every successful dairy-
man is using all his land to feed his
cows. If he were compelled to feed
calves he could keep fewer cows and
beef would be grown at the cost of
a scarcity in milk.
More calves should be grown to
maturity. There is no doubt of that.
But legislation prohibiting the killing
of young animals is not the way to
increase the supply of, beef animals.
During the summer while cows axe
in pasture or on green crops a bal- When boiling fish remove all scum
anced ration can be maintained by quickly as it rises to the top of, the
combining with the green food the water as it deadens the flavor of the
following concentrated feed mixture fish if allowed to remain in the.pan.
ed, in wandering about the home farm
that a large amount of the fruit on the
trees was dead ripe and about too
g
to waste. She went to her father
With a question:
"May. I have one box of berries out
of every four that I pick, and one
basket of plums, one of peaches and
one of apples, on the same basis?"
He was skeptical but also a little re-
lieved, for the prospective loss of the
small fruit was worrying him, "Go
ahead and see what you can do," was
his reply.
What the girl did was to get. down
to business at once. She gathered
and serted diligently, with a ,well-de-
fined scheme in view for . every pound
of her own share. The fruit that fell
to her lot she put up in the form of
jelly, apple buttery and peach and
plum marmalade, which found a ready
market. The project is still flourish-
ing. She buys her jars and glasses
at wholesale prices, and makes a point
of getting such as are of odd, attrac-
tive shapes. On each one she pastes
a label bearing her name and guaran
tee. She has never yet had anything
returned as inferior or spoiled -a fact
that, taken in connection with her suc-
cess, is quite significant.
By picking the fruit at just the
right time and handling it carefully,
she has greatly increased her father's
sales, while her own income from the
business is forty dollars a month,
earned, for the most part, out in the
sunshine and open-air.
KEEP THE POTATOES GROWING
Notes on the Cultivation of This Valuable Crop and How to
Protect It From Its Enemies.
Many are growing potatoes i
Canada this year, for the first tin:
and, as a result of the greatly increas=
ed number of growers the crop will
probably be greatly increased. But
to insure a good crop there must be an
abundance of moisture in the soil and
the tops must be protected from in-
sects and disease.
CULTIVATION: -The soil.'should
be kept cultivated with the cultivator
or hoe until the tops meet sufficiently
to shade the ground. As most of the
tubers develop in the three or four
inches of soil nearest the surface, and
as the tubers will not develop well in
dry soil, quite shallow cultivation is
desirable at this season of the year.
In soil which is dry there may be good
development of tops but there will be
few tubers. The roots in such cases.
have gone down deep into the soil to
obtain moisture but the tuber -bearing
stems, which are quite different from
the root system, do not develop well.
Where the soilis a loose, sandy loam,
hilling is not necessary and may be
injurious, as the soil dries out more
than if left on the level. In heavy
soils it is desirable to hill the pota-
toes as it will loosen the soil and the
tubers will be shapelier than when the
ground is left level. When there is
sufficient rainfall and moisture in the
soil hilling is likely to give best re-
sults in all kinds of soil as the soil
will be looser and the tubers can push
through it readily. As a great de-
velopment of tubers takes place dur-
ing the cooler and usually moister
weather of the latter part of summer,
it is very important to keep the plants
growing well until then. In ane ex-
periment it was shownthat during the
month of September there was an in-
crease of 119 bushels of potatoes per
acre.
PROTECTION OF POTATO TOPS
FROM INSECTS: -It is very import-
ant td prevent the tops of potatoes
from being eaten by insects, particu-
larly by the. Colorado Potato Beetle.
The old "bugs" do not do much harm
to the foliage, as a rule, and usually
the plants are not'sprayed to destroy
these, although the fewer there are to
lay eggs the less difficulty there will.
be , in destroying the young ones.
These begin to eat rapidly soon after
hatching, and close watch should be
kept so that the vines may be spray-
ed before much harm is done. Paris
green kills more rapidly than arsenate
of lead but does not adhere so well,
and in rainy weather it is desirable suable: to
have something that will stay on the
leaves so ,that they will be protected
until it stops raining and thus prevent
the tops being eaten. At the Central
Experimental Farm a mixture of Paris
green and arsenate of lead is used in
the proportion of 8 ounces' Paris
arts
green, 1% pounds paste arsenate of
lead (or 12 ounces' dry arsenate of
lead) to 40 gallons of water in order
to get -the advantage of both poisons.
It may be that it is not convenient .._.
to
get both poisons When either 12 ounces
of Paris green or 3 pounds paste
areenate of lead (or 1%z pounds '',ry
' of lead) to. 40allon '
t' s water
could he used or in smaller uan: `'
q titles,
say 1 ounce Paris green to 3 galkcns
nor 3% ounces paste arsenate of lead
e o. half that quantity of dry to 3 gal-
lons of water. An experiment con-
ducted for six years at the Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, ,showed.
that,- on the average, where the tops
were sprayed to kill "bugs", the yield
was 186.9 bushels per acre, while
when the tops were not sprayed and
allowed to be eaten, the yield was
only 98.2 bushels per acre. It is
desirable not to stopwith one spray-
ing which usually does not kill all the
bugs but to spray several times, if.
necessary, so that as little foliage as
possible is eaten.
PROTECTION OF THE POTATO
PLANTS FROM LATE BLIGHT
AND ROT: -In some years the crop
of potatoes is much lessened by the
Late Blight disease and when rot fol-
lows little of the crop may be left.
It therefore, very desirable to pre-
vent this disease from spreading.
This is done by keeping theplants
covered with Bordeaux mixture from
about the first week of July, or before
there is any sign of the disease, .until
September. Sometimes the first ap-
plication of Bordeaux mixture is made
before the potato beetles are all killed
when the poison for them may be mix.•
ed with the Bordeaux. While the dis-
ease is not very bad every year it is
well to be prepared. There was an
average increase per year of 94.
bushels of potatoes from spraying
with Bordeaux `mixture in three years.
The formula for Bordeaux mixture
for potatoes is 6' pounds copper sul-
phate or bluestone, 4 pounds freshly
slaked lime to 40, gallons of water.
While the bluestone will dissolve more
quickly in hot water; if it is not con-
venient to get this, it may be sus-
pended over night in a cotton bag in a
wooden or earthen vessel' containing
four or five or more gallons of water.
The lime•should be slacked in another
vessel and before mixing with the cop-
per sulphate solution should be strain-
ed through coarse sacking or a fine
sieve. The copper sulphateution
is now put into a barrel, if it has noir
already been dissolved in one, and en-
ough water added to half fill the bar
,rel; the slaked lime should be diluted
in another barrel with enough water
to make half a barrel of the lime mix-
ture. Now pour the diluted lime
mixture into the diluted copper sul-
phate solution and stir thoroughly,
when it is ready for use. The con-
centrated lime
on=centratedlime mixture should not be
mixed with the concentrated copper
sulphate solution, as, if this, is done,
an inferior mixture will result. If
the barrels are kept covered -so that
there is no evaporation, stock soils -
tions of the concentrated. materials
may be kept in separate . barrels
throughout• the season. It• is import-
ant to have the quantities of lime and
copper sulphate as recommended, but,
in order to be surethat: enough lime
has been used and- there is no danger
of burning the foliage, let a drop of
ferrocyanide of potassium solution
(which can, be obtained from a ;drug-
gist) fall into the mixture when ready.
If rile latter turns reddish-broevn, add
more lime mixture until no chango of
color takes place.
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Conducted by Professor IIenry G. Dell.
• The object of this department Is to place at the
service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl•
edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and
craps.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To
ronto, and answers will appear In this column in the
order In which they are received. As space Is 'limited
It Is advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary that
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mailed direct. IIenry G. Bell.
Question-II.S.S.:-Can I sow scid
phosphate with a force feed grain
drill? It has no fertilizer attachment
but I thought possibly it might work.
Answer: -You can sow acid' phos-
phate with a force feed seed drill if the
acid phosphate is dry and finely
ground. Such a method of applica-
tion would not ;,flow you to sow but a
very light application. Be very care-
ful to thoroughly clean out and oil the
drill after use for acid phosphate sow-
ing, otherwise, the metal part'will
rust. If you have a lime spreader I
would advise your spreading the acid
phosphate with this implement and
then thoroughly work it into the soil
by disking and harrowing. This will
give a better application than apply-
ing acid phosphate through the seed-
ing` attachment of the seed drill.
Question-J.B.S.:-I have eighteen
acres of oats. I intend to sow wheat
after
oats. is The field is somewhat run.
I have plenty of marl near the river.
Would it pay me to top -dress' the
wheat with marl? If so, how much
to the acre? Would it be all right to
spread with a shovel? Soil isn't
heavy nor light
Answer: -Would advise you, after
the'ancl is plowed, to top -dress it with
marl atthe rate of about two tons to
the acre. If you leave a lime spread-
er and the niai•1 is dry, .after it has
been pulverized it can be spread with
the lime spreader to best advantage.
You can spread it fairly weal with a
shovel but you will not get it suffici-
ently evenly distributed. After the
lime has been spread work it into the
ground by thoroughly disking at least
a week' before the .wheat is planted.
At the time of sowing wheat'- 1
would advise adding 200 to 800 pounds
of fertilizer to the acre in order to
give the young crop a vigorous start.
The fertilizer should contain from 2 to
3 per cent. ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent,
phosphoric acid and from 1 to.,2 per
cent. potash would be valuable cif it
can be obtained. This fertilizer) can
be applied at the time the wheat is
sown or spread in the same way as is
advised foi`lime and worked into the
soil thoroughly -just before the wheat
is sown. If the grain is seeded to a
mixture of -clover and grass seed the
addition of the marl will make the soil
sweet in reaction and the fertilizer
will have a very beneficial effect in
insuring a good stand of grass.
Market Calendar.
In August all surplus Leghorn
cockerels and cockerels of other light
weight breeds should be marketed as
broilers. They are of little value as
roasters.
Green ducks are young ducks from
8 to 12 weeks old. They should be
sold before they moult.
Ducks on the Farm.
The keeping` of, ducks calls for little
outlay in the matter of building
houses. Any kind of a house, so it
has a good roof, and dry floor, will do.
A plain shed with dirt floor, and hav-
ingthe south side entirely open makes
an excellent duck -house.
The floor of the duck -house must be
kept dry and should be well littered
with clean, dry straw. Strange as it
may seem, while ducks will thrive if
they have access to a stream of water
or pond, they must have dry quarters
at night. Ducks compelled to spend
their nights ' on damp floors or on
damp ; litter, will surely contract rheu-
matism.
Ducks are conveniently kept in
flocks of about thirty. A house fifteen
by ten feet is large enough for this
number. When kept in flocks of
thirty or more one male should be al-
loted to each seven or eight females.
It is never advisable to keep ducks
and chickens in the same house or run,
for the reason that the ducks will keep
the drinking water in such a constant
state of filth that the health and life
of the chickens are endangered.
Ducks require a much more
bulky ration than hens. A good
ration is as follows : Two parts
bran, one part each of middlings
and corn meal, one-half part of beef
scrap and five parts of green food.
This green food may be most anything
-chopped turnips, beets, pumpkins,
cut clover, etc. As the breeding sea-
son approaches it would be advisable.
to increase the beef scrap to one full
part. Little whole grain should be
fed. If on range during the spring
and summer months ducksrequire lit-
tle feeding.
Any of the larger breeds of ducks
will yield quite a great deal in the
way of feathers in a year's time,
Feathers should not be plucked dur-
ing the cold weather. When ready
for picking, the feathers . will pull
easily, without leaving blood on the
end of the quill. _If not picked when
"ripe" the feathers will fall out and be
wasted.
The Vain Crow.
One day a fox that'. was very hungry
was passing through a field. He saw
a crow on the limb of a tree busily
eating a piece of cheese, and at once
trotted to the tree and sat down be-
neath it.
"Mr. Crow," said the fox in harsh
and unfriendly tones, "you must share
your cheese with me."
,The crow looked down at the fox,
but answerednota word' as he took
a peck at the piece of cheese.
"Mr. Crow," said the fox, in a voice
that was still- more harsh and un-
friendly, "if .you do not give me part
of your cheese, I shall climb the tree
and take it all away from you."
The crow looked down at the fox,
but answered not word. He knew
very well that the fox could not climb
the treeand so he took another peck
at the piece of cheese.
The fox, finding that he could not
get the cheese by threats, bethought
himself of using the craft for which
the fax family is famous. He re-
membered how a fox once got`a, piece
of cheese from a•crow by teIlint; the
crow what a sweet voice shelled and
then begging her to sing. That crow
was holding the cheese in her bill, and
when she opened her bill to sing she
dropped thecheese to the ground,
whereupon the fox seized it and ran
away. Since that time ,all crows
have carried their food in their claws
and not in their bilis. Therefore, the
fox knew• well that it would do no
good to beg the czoa to sing. Ilow,
then, could he get that cheese? He
thought hard and looked hungrily up
into the tree.
"Dear Mr: Craw,". said the fox at
last, "Y' was only joking when S spoke
before, for I am ;your best friend, Only
yesterday I was telling both the wood-
pecker and . the blue jay how much
more beautiful your plumage is than
theirs."
The crow answered not a word, but
looked down at his glossy blank sides
with great pride. Then he held his
head a little higher and' forgot to take
a peck at the piece of cheese.
"And to -day I was telling both the
kingfisher and the hawk how much
.sharper and more graceful your claws
are than theirs," went on the fox in
very pleasant tones.
The crow answered not a word, but
lifted first one claw and then the other
from the limb of the tree and looked
at each with great pride. But when
he lifted the claw that did not have
the cheese and tried to cling to the
limb with the claw that did have the
cheese, he dropped the cheese to the
ground. Whereupon the fox laughed
loudly, seized the cheese and ran away
to -the woods, where he ate every mor-
sel of it.
And the crow cried "Caw! Caw!" in
very angry' tones, and flew off to
find a dinner to replace the one that
he had so foolishly lost.
The moral is that, if a vain person
is on guard at one point of attack,
there are always other points of at-
tack that are not guarded, and a craf-
ty flatterer will have little trouble in
finding a way to reach them.
Electric Plants For The Farm.
One of the recognized necessities in
connection with our increased agricul-
tural production is better and more
attractive conditions on the farm, and
among the many suggestions the use
of electricity should be considered.
Electric power is a great convenience
in the farm home, and saves much
time to the farm help. The farm or
country home situated within the area
of an electric system of transmission
or distribution is fortunate, but the
vast majority :trust look to the small
isolated plant, This alternative, how-
ever, is now much more promising
than a few years ago. Many factor-
ies manufacture this type of equip-
ment, the operation of the plants has
been simplified and cost has been
much reduced. These small plants
may advantageously used for many
domestic purposes in addition to light-
ing, such as ironing, washing, toast.
ing, pumping water, etc.; and also :for
the 'very important use of charging
storage batteries.
Because of 'the shortage of sugar
anti the uncertain length of the wart
mere:isccl honey production has been
suggested as an emergency -measure.
Potatoes should be kept free from
weeds. Weeds absorb the moisture
and plant food needed by thespotatoei
to male a good yield Potatoes a1
present prices are very remunerative,